In "Two Years Below the Horn," engineer Andrew Taylor vividly recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignty and conduct science during the...
Engineers
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Author:Taylor, Andrew, Heidt, Daniel, Lackenbauer, WhitneySummary: -
Author:Ford, Clyde W.Summary:John Stanley Ford became IBM's first black software engineer. But not all of the company's white employees accepted having a black colleague and did everything in their power to humiliate, subvert, and undermine Ford. Yet Ford would not...
- Author:Michaels, AnneSummary:
Engineer Avery Escher and his wife Jean live in Egypt as he works on rescuing the temple of Abu Simbel from the waters of the Aswan Dam, but after observing the displacement of Egyptians settlers and losing a child, their marriage seems...
- Author:Heron, FarahSummary:
Thirty-year-old engineer Amira Khan has set one rule for herself: no dating until her grad-school thesis is done. Nothing can distract her from completing a paper that is so good her boss will give her the promotion she deserves when...
- Author:HARBOURI, PetrieSummary:
Three brothers, born on a Greek island, spread their wings and soar to impressive heights in their three professions.
- Author:Beaty, AndreaSummary:
Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her Great, Great Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal--to fly--Rosie sets...
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Author:Fallis, TerrySummary:Few people know the real Alex MacAskill. Most of the world sees a painfully and chronically shy software engineer in his mid-20s. When his mother, one of the only people in the world who Alex felt comfortable as himself around, dies...
- Author:Bujold, Lois McMasterSummary:
Leo Graf is confronted with a moral dilemma when he is assigned to work at the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids have been secretly bioengineered as workers for capital gain.
- Author:Isaacson, WalterSummary:
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era--a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the...
